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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Hamid Karzai: Shrewd Statesman

For Students 9th - 10th
The leader of Afghanistan's struggling transitional administration, he managed to escape the Taliban's attempts on his life. Karzai is attributed with diplomatic skills and strength to pull a war-torn nation together. (14 June 2002)
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Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: The Costs of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with scholars online video and readings with which to explore the human, economic, social, and political costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Wide Angle: A Woman Among Warloards

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a video of Joya Malaly, a woman running for the parliament in Afghanistan in the first parliamentary election in more than 30 years. It shows the tremendous struggle and danger she endures running for election as a woman but...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Frontline: Obama's War

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed report of the war in Afghanistan put together in 2009. Insight into the approach and progress of President Obama's administration. Interviews with top officials, map, chronology are provided.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Ethnic Subculture Kazakh

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the music of the ethnic Kazakhs of the Afghan North.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Ethnic Subculture Uzbek

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the music of the ethnic Uzbeks of the Afghan North.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Ethnic Subculture Tajik

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the music of the ethnic Tajiks of the Afghan North.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Shared Musical Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the shared music of the various ethnic groups of the Afghan North.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Women's Music

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the music by women in the Afghan North.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Radio and Military Music

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into radio and military music in the north of Afghanistan.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Teahouse Music

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into teahouse music of the north of Afghanistan.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Townlife Music

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the music in townlife in the north of Afghanistan.
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Graphic
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Ethnolinguistic Map

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an ethnolinguistic map of Afghanistan.
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Website
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, the Region

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the region of northern Afghanistan from a physical environment perspective.
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Website
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, the People

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the varied ethnic groups of the Afghan North. Uses popups.
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Handout
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North, Fieldwork

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wesleyan University this is an explanation of the methodology for the fieldwork that went into the creation of the web-site "Music in the Afghan North, 1967-1972".
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Afghanistan: People, Places, & Politics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for educators teaching the country of Afghanistan to senior high students. Valuable links to resources, study guide, correlation to national standards. Includes a PowerPoint and.pdf files.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Afghanistan: Country in Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour program, Nov. 17, 1983, about Afghanistan. Two experts discuss the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the American reaction to heightened tensions in that region.
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Afghanistan and the War on Terror: Hamid Karzai

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Hamid Karzai and his role in leading Afghanistan.
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Afghanistan

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find a collection of maps of Afghanistan from the Perry-Castaneda Collection. There are political maps, relief maps, cultural maps, historical maps, and links to maps on other sites.
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Website
Other

Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Doctors Without Borders Are Now Doctors in Anguish

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the tragic bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Romina, 11, Tells About Her New Life in Germany

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this video, an 11-year-old refugee from Afghanistan talks about her life in Germany.
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Bonn Agreement One Year Later

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that relates the struggle of Afghanistan after the wars. Article outlines the continuing efforts of the Afghan Transitional Administration and the world at large to bring peace and healing to a war torn country. (4 December 2002)